Mural Arts: Restorative Justice Profile

The Mural Arts Program incorporates the concepts of restorative justice through art instruction, mural making, and community service work within the criminal justice system. Current inmates, ex-offenders, and juvenile delinquents are given the opportunity to learn new skills and make a positive contribution to their communities to repair the prior harm they may have caused. In the Mural Arts Restorative Justice program there is a growing emphasis on re-entry, reclamation of civic spaces, and the use of art to give voice to people who have consistently felt disconnected from society.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Mural Arts Program
• Philadelphia
• Restorative Justice
• Jane Golden
• Tjai Abdullah
• Robyn Buseman
• Going Home
• Ann Northrup
• Fraterford Prison
• Taste of Summer
• How Philly Moves
• Jon
• Laidacker
• tour guide
• Louis Giorla
• poetry
• Laura McHugh
• PBS
• Tempo Indepth

[mmanklang]

This is such an inspirational story. Tjai was a guide for a Mural Arts tour that I went on, and was a fantastic storyteller - so happy that she's a part of the HPM project!

[artstuffmatters]

A great art outreach project.